THE VERMIN HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH . So proclaims the spray-painted
graffito on a truck sprawled by a desolate stretch of road in this
low-budget Australian thriller. At first horrified glance, moviegoers
may be convinced that the vermin have also inherited the movie
industry. In The Road Warrior, cars crash, somersault, explode, get
squashed under the wheels of semis. Skinless bug-eyed corpses hurtle
toward the screen. A mangy dog sups at a coyote carcass. A deadly
boomerang...